O'Bryant opts to stay at LSU

12:10 AM,
Apr. 10, 2013

Written by

Glenn Guilbeau
gguilbeau@gannett.com

BATON ROUGE - It was a lot of applause for a "press" conference, but there were many non-media members in attendance in the media room of the LSU athletic administration building Tuesday afternoon.

When LSU sophomore forward Johnny O'Bryant said he would be staying for his junior year and not going pro, there were surprised looks from most of the reporters, many of whom had said in recent weeks that he would try out for an NBA team or play overseas to help his family financially.

A roar of applause and cheers echoed from members of LSU's basketball team, Coach Johnny Jones, O'Bryant's family ...